Poll: Mexicans would support a voucher program for education (in Spanish)

Cidac, 1/29/2009
The quality of education remains a problem in Mexico, despite recent increases in government spending. A new poll by the  Centro de Investigación para el Desarrollo asked Mexicans how they would view a voucher program that would give families “coupons” to use at public or private schools. Few responded negatively.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Mexico drug bosses may have set truce

Los Angeles Times, 1/29/2009
Have some of Mexico’s most notorious drug bosses declared a truce? After a record year of bloodshed, killings have dropped by two-thirds from the December level in the state of Sinaloa, the historic center of Mexican drug trafficking, according to tallies kept by local and national news media.
Riodoce, a respected weekly [...]

VW lays off 800 workers in Mexico

BBC, 1/29/2009
German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW) has said it will cut 800 jobs at its Mexican plant in Puebla, the site that produces the firm’s Beetle model.
Production in Mexico could be cut by up to 20% this year after VW admitted it was considering further layoffs. The plant employs about 9,400 people.
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